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DNC PR Firm – WURD RADIO, PHILADELPHIA
The media are in a state of discomfort. It is a self-created torment, as their blind allegiance to the Democrats has led to exposing so much of the fraudulent practices in the press. And yet — despite all the anxiety — they appear unwilling to learn and change.
The word came out that some of the recent image-repairing interviews President Silver Alert conducted had been — to no one’s surprise — staged by Biden’s people. On CNN, two radio journalists, Andrea Lawful-Sanders of WURD in Philadelphia and Earl Ingram of Civic Media in Milwaukee, let it be known that they had been supplied with a list of questions ahead of time for the meeting with Biden.
WOW. The radio host who interviewed Joe Biden says that the White House provided the questions for the interview. CNN's Victor Blackwell: "If the White House is trying now to prove the vim, vigor, acuity of the President I don't know how they do that by sending questions first… pic.twitter.com/5BCQh12yft
— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) July 6, 2024
There was a fair amount of stirring in response to this revelation, and now we have learned that over the course of the weekend, Lawful-Sanders has been relieved of her position with the station. It remains to be seen if this serves as any kind of an object lesson for the rest of the media.
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What is remarkable is how this entire story has only leftist elements to it — Biden, Democrats, a black female, journalists, liberal policies — and it has resulted in a POC woman being placed out of work due to Biden’s requirements.
WURD Radio's statement on Joe Biden interview. https://t.co/Y0H9KlP7wO
— WURD Radio (@onwurd) July 7, 2024
News Avoidance Syndrome – ABC NEWS
- Seriously, Jon, if you did not know about this practice, turn in your microphone.
Did we say “a surprise to no one” there? Well, according to ABC News Sunday figure Jon Karl, this announcement of a reporter being fed questions by the administration was a complete stunner for him to learn about.
To state the obvious— This is not how it supposed to work. https://t.co/tvIem3qnnW
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) July 6, 2024
This is just desperate. For him to claim that he was unaware this has been the standard throughout the Biden presidency means he is supremely out of touch with the news cycle. This “Well, I NEVER!” posturing falls in line with the other desperate denials the media have been delivering since the debate.
Low-Octane Gaslighting – CNN
Marco Rubio, presumptive Trump VP-shortlist occupant — went on CNN with Dana Bash and had a verbal wrestling match over some political topics, such as abortion (Bash still denies any Dems support late-term terminations). One other topic of contention was whether Joe Biden was involved in any of the indictments served against Donald Trump. Mrs. Bash stated there is no evidence to support this claim, obviously bolstered by CNN’s resident fact-checker Daniel Dale insisting this is the case.
Despite the press credibility melting down all around us, she, and others at CNN, still clings to this canard and so — in the interest of fostering growth and improvement at her flagging network — here is a primer that shows how Biden has had a hand behind all four of the major court cases against Trump.
Since @DanaBashCNN, @DDale8, and others at @CNN continue to insist there is zero evidence to show Joe Biden is involved in the Trump indictments, we thought we'd give them evidence to show how Biden is involved in all four of the Trump indictments.https://t.co/WJsHkNJeCS
— Brad Slager - Scrubbing Down In a Bloodbath (@MartiniShark) July 8, 2024
Legalized Press-titution – MSNBC
- Okay, when you fail on this program, there is no hope, Joe.
What does one do when their presidential campaign has hit a reef and is sinking lower than CNN’s ratings? Naturally, you go on the loudest pro-Biden carnival barker program! Biden decided he needed to resuscitate things by calling in to his favorite fluffer, Joe Scarborough, and it is fair to say he did not turn that barge around.
Even in the most controlled setting off camera, Biden sounded lost. He had to read off of a list, when he went off script he was basically speaking in the parking lot, and he failed to see how odd it was to be in the highest office and in politics for five decades while referring to those calling for him to step down as “the elites.” At one point, Mika asked him directly if he suffers from Parkinson’s.
Biden’s answer: “I tested negative for Covid.”
So, yeah, this was not what anyone would consider to be a success.
Biden goes on a riff about teleprompters, but I don't quite get it via Morning Joe pic.twitter.com/TY67NtUxHU
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) July 8, 2024
Both Kinds of Standards – NBC NEWS
- When they ask this of Democrats, let us know.
J.D. Vance was on with Kristen Welker and had to face what is becoming the de riguer litmus test question for Republicans visiting these shows — “Will you come out and say you will accept the election results in November?”
This is farcical for many reasons, the first being there is no way to pre-emptively verify an election process. But even after Vance says if everything is above board he would accept the results, Welker comes back and challenges that Donald Trump did no such thing in 2020!
And…so? What does that have to do with what Vance’s position and answer was to Welker? This is not a question ever posed to Democrats, even though we have seen the report that the Biden campaign has geared up with a large legal team ready to challenge results they take exception with in November.
Completely distorting what @JDVance1 said, @kwelkernbc: “When you, when others, refuse to say, ‘yes we will accept the election results,’ do you understand how that undermines people’s confidence in the electoral system?” #MTP pic.twitter.com/gCaYqHUAgq
— Brent Baker 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@BrentHBaker) July 8, 2024
Race to the Bottom – VARIOUS OUTLETS
- Now, wait — you say pointing out why she was hired is what is “racist”?!
The New York Post dared to do something unusual in the press — it delivered an honest assessment about the Democrats.
America may soon be subjected to the country’s first DEI president: Kamala Harris https://t.co/NKW0RuBuBr pic.twitter.com/hF86fo4NCw
— New York Post (@nypost) July 6, 2024
There was a flurry of journalists coming out to declare that this was a racist post from the Post, which was deeply, albeit unintentionally, hilarious. What they failed to grasp was that in declaring it “racist” to note the reason Kamala had been hired by Biden, they were calling the manner in which she was hired to be racist.
All the Post had done was echo the reporting from countless outlets ahead of Kamala being selected, which boldly and excitedly announced Biden would choose a POC female as a running mate – qualifications deemed lower on the list.
Interesting to learn CNN are part of those pulling “this type of” racist stuff @SamStein.
— Brad Slager - Scrubbing Down In a Bloodbath (@MartiniShark) July 7, 2024
Let’s take a look at all the “conservative” outlets who made a big deal out of the race and gender of the Vice President.
1/ https://t.co/nBUePn0Sk7 pic.twitter.com/w9zkCx9yaj
Low-Octane Gaslighting – ABC NEWS
- We can see there was a panel, yet neither Stephanopoulos nor anyone else calls out the misinformation.
On the Sunday gathering “This Week,” Donna Brazile was on and made a curious declaration: She stated that Kamala Harris held a rally in New Orleans and drew a crowd of 60,000 people to come out and see her speak. If your head just twisted like a dog hearing a harmonica, we understand.
There was no K-Hive rally. She did not draw a crowd of 60K. What happened was Harris attended a BET cultural festival and spoke to a previously assembled concert crowd. Later, she held a speech with a few hundred in attendance. But the people who are policing the truth and detest lies in the media found no way to correct Donna on this fabrication.
WATCH as Donna Brazile fabricates a Kamala Harris rally out of whole cloth. Harris briefly popped into the Essence Festival of Culture at the Superdome, and then did a forum in front of 500 people, tops. Not a rally. https://t.co/CaTeWDOxsw pic.twitter.com/yTHavY54A5
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) July 8, 2024
Legalized Press-titution – CNN
- You mean to tell us NO ONE at the network flagged this as misinformation?
We shall close out with a laugh. This one was lost in the fury and flurry of debate content, but it is a solid chuckle. Ahead of the Biden meltdown, Adam Kinzinger was introduced for a segment on CNN, and was described as — we are not kidding — “a rising star” as well as a “future Republican presidential candidate.” Seriously, Erin Burnett tried selling us this used car of a politician in that fashion.
She says this as the chyron explained he was coming on to endorse Joe Biden, and describes him (accurately) as an “ex-GOP Rep.” Small matter that this rising star about 24 hours later was calling for Biden to step away from the campaign.
"The rising star Adam Kinzinger, seen as future Republican presidential candidate" endorses Joe Biden.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 6, 2024
This is CNN. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/wrtI2E0DXX
